Arrived on 8/24 at 9:23 a.m. He weighed 9 lbs and 6 ounces. He measured 23 1/2 inches according to the NICU nurse - we later found out at our 1 week visit that it was more like 22- wow what a difference. Charlie was born and went straight to the NICU for 48 hours to dry out his little lungs. His nurse Laura was wonderful!! I wasn't able to see or hold him for 24 hours and that was no fun. Carter went to see him a lot and Big Brother Bowman got to go see him too. Carter went in every three hours to feed him even in the night. Charlie was mainly fed with tubes but sometimes they gave him a bottle and Carter got to do that too. His aunt kimmie was there a lot and even got to go in to his first feeding. I had to pump and pump to get out a drop and she and Carter took it in and gave Charlie a taste on a qtip! I finally held him on 8/25 and got to officially feed him on 8/26 when he came to stay with us in our room- it was a wonderful day. Those first 2 days were very weird without him but we had so many guests and special friends to keep our spirts up! I can't imagine what mommies and daddies go through when their babes are in there for weeks and months- what a sad feeling.
Charlie is doing very well now and eating a LOT! :) He weighed 11 pounds at 1 month so I would say he ain't starvin! :) Here are some pics of his early days and pics with brother Bowman. Charlie looks a lot bigger in these pics than he really is in person. He had a lot of fluids pumping in him and made him very swolen. Bowman is such a good brother and calls him Charwie. He is always looking in his bed for him and he always gives him a kiss on the head- such a sweet boy considering before he arrived Bowman said I bite Charwie- whew! Charlie is also sleeping at night about 5-6 hours now! yayyy!
